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We’ve all been dying to try out Kinect for ourselves, just to see if it’s all it’s cracked up to be. Unfortunately, it’s not out until November. However, if you’re really desperate to try it, you don’t have to wait until then.

If you live near a Microsoft store, you can head in and try out Redmond’s latest gaming peripheral for yourself. Granted, there are only four stores in the country, so unless you happen to live Scottsdale, AZ; Mission Viejo, CA; San Diego, CA; or Lone Tree, CO, you’re still out of luck.

If you’re really desperate and have money to burn, you could probably get some cheap flights and go to the closest Microsoft store anyway.

Let us know if you try out Kinect and what you think of it.

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Codenamed Vail, Microsoft today showed off a little bit of Windows Home Server along with the announcement that the Beta version is now available for download.

Redmond did reveal some information about the build but warned users that things are still in the development stage and therefore, subject to change. Microsoft said so far, the new iteration of Windows Home Server will include support for multi-PC backup and restore, simplified setup and user experience, and expanded development of customization tools for partners via a new SDK.

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Microsoft’s productivity suite hits Release Candidate, but it’s a private party.

Microsoft Office 2010 this week hit the Release Candidate milestone, signaling that the product is nearly ready for prime time.

Interestingly, unlike the public beta release (which was downloaded over 2 million times), this release candidate is not available for just anyone’s consumption.

“Microsoft made a release candidate available to members in the technology adoption program (TAP),” a Microsoft representative told Cnet. “This is one of Microsoft’s planned milestones in the engineering process; however (we) do not have plans to make this new code set available broadly.”

Microsoft said that it benefited greatly from the wide-range of public testing it had for Windows 7 through its multiple beta and release candidate phases, so it’s a little strange that the company isn’t adopting the same strategy for its premier productivity suite.

Microsoft Office 2010 is slated for release in June.

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Microsoft is warning users following the discovery of a new vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser.

The company said that the issue lies in the way Internet Explorer renders locally-stored content. If exploited, an attacker could lift user data through a specially-crafted web page. Because the flaw has yet to be patched, Microsoft would not give specific details about the vulnerability.

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